Changes

• Added a Midway Point tracker (item & location) at the top of the map
• Added a Prize Block coin counter to levels with one of those
• Made Wall Run Anywhere and Fast Swimming rely on L or R to function
  • This can be toggled on the adjuster. It's off by default and can be saved to persist across sessions.
• Added an option to make Yoshi's Tongue be unlocked with two items
  • Progressive Yoshi becomes Yoshi when this option is disabled. Enabled by default.
• Added an option to make Wall Run Anywhere be unlocked with two items
  • Progressive Run becomes Run when this option is disabled. Enabled by default.
• Added an option to make Fast Swimming be unlocked with two items
  • Progressive Swim becomes Swim when this option is disabled. Enabled by default.
• Fixed Top Secret Area not being considered as a level with a Green Yoshi
• Fixed an issue with Wall Run Anywhere not working properly at the edges of VD1
• Fixed Midway Points having glitchy graphics
• Enemy Shuffle adjustments
  • Bowser Statues no longer appear in SW1

Additions

• Stole Ported Core SMW feature that saves visited levels in memory for tracking purposes

Fixes

• VD2 with carryless exit should no longer cause the generation to fail
• Makes fuzzer happier
  • Fixed failed generations with level shuffle set to off and enabling swapped/carryless exits

Additions

• Adds Start Inventory from Pool

Fixes

• Actually bump the ROM version number this time

Adjustments

• Early double exit levels will have a higher chance to roll a carryless exit
• Early double exit levels will have a lower chance to roll a swapped level exit

Fixes

• VD2 carryless secret exit and dragon coins now expects carry to move around P-Switches
• Adjusted FoI3 logic to be consistent in every single check
  • Also adds a Glitched™ logic case where it expects zero items to reach the normal exit
• Forced carry requirement for most of Outrageous' checks
• Fixed graphics packs not being properly applied if the legacy setting wasn't available

Fixes

• VD1 now has proper logic

Fixes

• Universal Tracker now works as expected

Fixes

• Fixed a logic bug where Yoshi was always considered available on starting locations other than Yoshi's Island
• Fixed a logic bug that didn't consider cape flying for Star World 5 - Normal Exit
• Fixed clients crashing when stepping into Front Door or Back Door
• Added support for Map Palettes when creating Graphics Packs from MM102's Aseprite script
• Fixed FoI3 carryless rule not considering a way to get into the Orb
• Changed an option default value
• Made test happier

Additions

• BUMPED MINIMUM AP VERSION TO 0.6.5. WE'RE USING SnesReader!!!!
• Starting location shuffle
  • No longer restricted to Yoshi's Island as a starting area
• Players can now warp to the starting location (the tile, not the actual level) from anywhere by pressing L+R while standing on a level tile in the map
• Carryless Secret Exits
  • Keyholes are replaced with Goal Orbs at random
• Adjusted level map tiles depending on which level the location has
  • Also listens to the level exit shuffle setting and will inform the player via a different level tile on the map
• Added a basic Manager/Adjuster which can edit a few things on an already generated seed
  • Enable, disable or change the Enemy Shuffle seed
  • Set local and global Graphics Packs
    • Local pack will override the global one
    • Global packs will always be loaded, similar to LTTP's adjuster
  • Export a template Graphics Pack from a Waffles ROM
  • Create a new Graphics Pack from a folder
  • More to come at a later date
• Initial Deferred Entrances™ support for Universal Tracker
  • It basically doesn't spoil the entire location list at once and tells players which levels they've not visited at all
  • Toggleable from Universal Tracker's settings in host.yaml
• New Glitched™ logic for some locations has been implemented for Universal Tracker

Adjustments

• Beaten castles no longer require L+R to enter, players can enter them with B or A
• Removed RNG element from American Footballs
• Consistent names for Star World locations
• Some Enemy Shuffle and logic adjustments

Fixes

• Boss Rooms no longer make the player fall of the platform if the P-Switch is active
• Forest of Illusion 2 is no longer permanently marked as Glitched™ on Universal Tracker
• Some blocks aren't automatically sent upon loading a level
• Stars no longer keep playing the song if they haven't been unlocked
• Blocks are now detected properly as locations for FxPak users
• Character GFX packs now properly show the actual name with palettes in the HUD

Fixes

• Music engine no longer crashes on some emulators when the Directional Coins stop their music without a P-Switch active
  • As a side effect, the P-Switch effect will be carried over pipes and doors
• Hearts and Repellents no longer have a disabled sign on top of them
• Some logic adjustments

Adjustments

• Disabled save prompts (for real)

Fixes

• Universal Tracker now properly tracks Glitched™ logic for swapped level exits (for real)
• Some logic adjustments
• Small Enemy Shuffle backend adjustments

Additions

• Visiting rooms can grant a check
  • Boss Rooms not included
  • Some rooms are in logic even if you don't have items required to beat the level. Example: Donut Secret 1 is a water level but you can collect a check from visiting the main portion of the level without access to Swim.
• Added an item (Trap Repellent) which blocks incoming traps in a level
  • Used from the Inventory System. Effects are gone when going back to the map.
  • Can be obtained via any way 1-Ups were awarded (1/4 chance) or purchased for 100 Red Coins with EnergyLink enabled
  • This can effectively disable the permanent traps from the level_effects option... For a single playthrough of a level at least.
• It's now possible to select which abilities or items will be added to the item pool or will be in the player's inventory at generation
  • This is sort-of why Start Inventory from Pool exists, but eh lol. Many people don't use that option and worked fine in DKC1/2
  • Those abilities only include the amount of items that are "enough" to be able to use them meaning that additional upgrades to existing abilities will be in the item pool regardless of this setting which includes:
    • Wall Running from anywhere (Progressive Run x2)
    • Additional Star duration (Progressive Super Star x9)
    • Faster swimming (Progressive Swim x2)

Adjustments

• Midway Points are now colored according to the item's classification they have
• Renamed bonus_blocks_checks to star_block_checks
• Removed exclude_special_zone to exclude_special_zone
• Blocks are now properly collected
  • The code worked, I just didn't properly test it and disabled it
• Altered Universal Tracker's behavior for Glitched™ logic, it always assumes Hard logic instead of the very next logic level
• Several Enemy Shuffle adjustments to placements feel more fair
• Updated the Results Screen font
• Disabled save prompts
  • We have silent autosaves, no need for an extra prompt

Fixes

• Universal Tracker now properly tracks Glitched™ logic for swapped level exits
• Fixed Goals not being properly colored when level exits are swapped
• Fixed some backend issues with sprite loading which would lead to garbage being uploaded to VRAM every time an effect spawned on screen
  • In non-nerd speak: Fixed fireballs in boss arenas (and possibly other places)
• Fixed Star Blocks not being properly colored when they're valid locations and haven't been collected
• Some logic adjustments

Additions

• ROM-less generation via APPP
• Universal Tracker support for logic tracking (regular + Glitched™) and YAML-less tracking
• EnergyLink support
  • You're now able to (automatically) deposit coins in a shared bank with other players
  • Coins are used to buy Inventory items at the overworld
• Enemy shuffle (Beta™)
  • Most enemies in levels are shuffled around, there are a small batch of exceptions to make levels beatable (and keep our logic happy)
• Map teleport and transition shuffle
  • Pipes and Stars can be shuffled with each other, walkable transitions are shuffled among themselves
  • Hints about these can be found in Info Boxes
• Logic difficulty for levels
  • Makes some items appear earlier for some sets of levels
• Map exit destination shuffle; (some) Normal and Secret exits can be swapped!
• Golden Yoshi Eggs are the new form of Boss Tokens and Yoshi Eggs from the original randomizer
• New appearances for blocks, 3-Up Moons and Dragon Coins when they're enabled as valid locations
• NSMBWii inspired inventory system
  • You can summon an inventory menu where you can grant yourself an item before going inside a level
  • Items can be gained by hitting the Goal Tape at high heights
• Ending screen replaced with a results screen
  • The game keeps track of some random statistics of your current session
• Goal Tape now grants inventory items and coins upon breaking it at certain heights
• Levels can have permanent trap effects when playing them
• Midway points can be valid locations
• Midway points can be unlocked as an item
  • Also prevents midway point locations from being sent
• Made Swim a progressive item; the second upgrade allows for faster horizontal swimming
• Made Run a progressive item; the second upgrade allows Wall Running from anywhere as long you have P-Speed
• Made Yoshi a progressive item; the second upgrade allows using Yoshi's Tongue
  • This means that Yoshi's Tongue is decoupled from Carry
• Added a new item that makes losing a Fire Flower or a Cape go back to Big Mario instead of Small Mario
• Added a Heart item that allows the player to tank one hit; it's lost on contact
• Added an item that makes your TIME counter go down slower permanently
• Super Stars get better for each Progressive Super Star you get
• Current item box contents are displayed during the map gameplay
• New items:
  • Progressive Swim
  • Progressive Yoshi
  • Progressive Run
  • Progressive Super Star
  • Midway Points
  • Item box
  • Better Timer
  • Extra Defense
  • Inventory Heart
  • Inventory Mushroom
  • Inventory Fire Flower
  • Inventory Feather
  • Inventory Super Star
  • Inventory Green Yoshi
  • Inventory Red Yoshi
  • Inventory Yellow Yoshi
  • Inventory Blue Yoshi
• New traps:
  • Fishin' Boo Trap
  • Screen Flip Trap
  • Sticky Hands Trap
  • Sticky Floor Trap
  • Spotlight Trap
  • Pixelate Trap
  • Bullet Time Trap
  • Invisibility Trap
  • Empty Item Box Trap

Adjustments

• Rewritten rules for different considerations compared to the original SMW AP
• Removed Boss Token requirements per world
• Dragon Coins now remember their individual collected status
  • Only saved upon level completion and midway point collection
• Blocksanity is renamed to Block Checks; this marks a new configuration where you can enable certain blocks to be checks
• Most Yellow Switch Palace blocks at Yoshi's Island 3 are valid checks
• Green Star blocks are no longer valid checks under the "Blocks Checks" category (previously Blocksanity)
  • They're still checks under the Bonus Block category
• Hidden 1-Ups can now be triggered out of order
• Level goal tapes now grant coins or inventory items as a reward instead of 0 bonus stars
• Replaced 1-Up Mushroom with Hearts
• 1-Up combos now grant a random inventory item
• 100 coin reward is now a heart
• Players now have infinite lives
• Forced fast walk animations in the OW
  • They're smoother, also faster if run has been unlocked
• Ice Trap is now more slippery
• Removed the auto saving yaml option in favor of automatic silent saves
  • Regular saves still trigger, will get removed later™
• Fireballs can be thrown in an upwards arc by pressing UP
• The curated palette pool is now forced upon users
• Castles are now automagically collected
• Added location groups